Jeff AtwoodMar 18, 2025
"Let's Encrypt is a golden example of how creating inalienable good is possible with the right approach and the right values. And while I'm excited about the work Let's Encrypt has done, I am eager to see their work continue to keep up with the growing Web; to sustain encryption for everybody at Internet scale. To do so is going to take more than me—it's going to take a community of people committed to this work. I am confident Let's Encrypt is a project that deserves all of our support, in ways both large and small." https://letsencrypt.org/2025/03/18/community-of-funders/
Ten Years of Let's Encrypt: Announcing support from Jeff Atwood

As we touched on in our first blog post highlighting ten years of Let’s Encrypt: Just as remarkable to us as the technical innovations behind proliferating TLS at scale is, so too is the sustained generosity we have benefited from throughout our first decade. With that sense of gratitude top of mind, we are proud to announce a contribution of $1,000,000 from Jeff Atwood. Jeff has been a longtime supporter of our work, beginning many years ago with Discourse providing our community forum pro bono; something Discourse still provides to this day.

Show threadDave Winer ☕️Mar 18, 2025

@codinghorror

i don't agree that let's encrypt is good, at least not the way google and the eff promote it and treat https as a requirement as if they were the platform vendor of the web. the great thing about the web is that there is no platform vendor.

they premise their pitch on the idea that https is always good, but for sites that predate the broad adoption of https, it's not only unlikely someone is around to adapt the site, but it might be such a big job that it's impossible.

Show threadMagnus AhltorpMar 18, 2025
@davew @codinghorror Let’s encrypt is a bandaid on the broken system that is HTTPS, TLS, X.509 and CAs.
Show threadDave Winer ☕️Mar 19, 2025

@ahltorp @codinghorror

maybe they should have taken a step back and done it right, and worked with developers for backward compatibility so the web could grow without breaking its past. the archive function of the web is super important. but google and eff didn't know that apparently, didn't care, or didn't listen.

i'm esp pissed at EFF, i gave them $5000 when they started it, and that was a lot of money for me then, but they treat me as a nobody, and didn't care they were breaking my work.

Show threadJeff AtwoodMar 20, 2025
@davew @ahltorp is it dog, or is it cow? Something to ponder while using the bathroom 😉
Show threadBill Vinson
@codinghorror @davew @ahltorp that is a great looking print. I've been meaning to order one of Susan Kare's shop, but never can make up my mind (though Clarus would be high on the list)
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